Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
Students will explore natural and man-made resources by using a Card Sort to make observations about resources. Students will develop and create class definitions for the terms in the Card Sort by creating a class T-Chart. After the Card Sort exercise, students listen and interact with a book about... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: April 26th, 2021
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
In this lesson, students are introduced to maps and globes as models of the Earth. They will begin this lesson by thinking and sharing with their classmates what they already know about globes and maps. Each student will explore a tiled map of the Hawaiian Islands (or another state or region) to find... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: May 5th, 2023
Introduction to Latitude and Longitude
Sometimes, students have an aversion to writing because they lack a sense of purpose. In this lesson, students learn that letters can be an important way to communicate and can be fun to write. First, students brainstorm what they already know about letters and then explore letters written by a variety... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: September 10th, 2024
Writing Letters
